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Ostrea oleomargarita Oliver, Salvi & Al-Kandari, 2023

Bivalvia : Ostreoidea : Ostreidae
[Salvi, D., Al-Kandari, M., Oliver, P. G., Berrilli, E. & Garzia, M. 2022]
Type Status: Holotype
Collection: KISR
Accession No.: NMW.Z.2021.009.00008
Preparations: Dry
No. of Specimens: 1
Locality: Al Sha’ab, Kuwait City, Low intertidal, attached under rock on gravel, Kuwait, 29.3675°N, 48.0244°E, Arabian Gulf.
Collecting Details: December 2019, P. G. Oliver

References


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Citation
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Salvi, D., Al-Kandari, M., Oliver, P. G., Berrilli, E. & Garzia, M. 2022. Cryptic marine diversity in the northern Arabian Gulf: an integrative approach uncovers a new species of oyster (Bivalvia: Ostreidae), Ostrea oleomargarita. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. DOI 10.1155/2022/7058975: 1-19. [6a-b, 7a] Cited
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Salvi, D., Al-Kandari, M., Oliver, P. G., Berrilli, E. & Garzia, M. 2023. Corrigendum: Salvi D, Al-Kandari M, Oliver PG, Berrilli E, Garzia M (2022) Cryptic marine diversity in the northern Arabian Gulf: an integrative approach uncovers a new species of oyster (Bivalvia: Ostreidae), Ostrea oleomargarita. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 2022: 7058975. ZooKeys. 1143: 89-92. [90; 1A, B, 2A] Cited
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Detailed Locality

Verbatim Locality
Kuwait City, Al Sha’ab, 29.3675°N, 48.0244°E. Low intertidal, attached under rock on gravel. Coll. PG. Oliver, December 2019
Point Locality: Al Sha’ab, Kuwait City, Low intertidal, attached under rock on gravel,
Country: Kuwait
Station: 29.3675°N, 48.0244°E
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Sea Region: Arabian Gulf.
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Collecting date: December 2019
Collected by: P. G. Oliver

Classification

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Family
- - Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Ostreida Ostreoidea Ostreidae
Subfamily: Ostreinae

Remarks

1 complete shell attached to a rock.

Paratypes:
11 spec. used for sequencing NMW.Z.2021.009.009/#1–#11.
4 figured shells, data as holotype. NMW.Z.2021.009.010/#1–#4. (Figs 1C–F, 2B, 3D). Kuwait • Paratypes,
12 spec. used for sequencing, NMW.Z.2021.009.011/#1–#12; #7 figured in Figs 1G, 2C). Ras Al Liwan, Failaka Island, 29.3902°N, 48.3988°E. Low intertidal, attached under rocks. Coll. PG Oliver, December 2019.
9 shells + 5 upper valves, not sequenced, NMW.Z.2021.009.012., Ras Al Liwan, Failaka Island, 29.3902°N, 48.3988°E. Low intertidal, attached under rocks. Coll. PG Oliver, December 2019.

Record last modified - 07/09/2023